After being squashed by the Sri Lankan Army, the LTTE says its guns are silenced (in plain English, the LTTE is conceding defeat). If true, this is wondrous news indeed and a day the suffering Tamils have been waiting for decades. For nearly three decades, the LTTE monsters have wantonly massacred several thousand people including […]
English is host to an endless list of confusing words that although eerily similar have different meanings. Being at a loose end today, we decided to compile a list of 14 confusing pairs. In compiling this list, we have relied heavily on the 879-page Garner’s Modern American Usage and Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary (11th edition). Here […]
(Based on recommendation of SI reader yourmate) Fast horses. Fast guns. Fast women. Is there any other movie genre that has captured the imagination of millions of movie fans the world over as much as the Western? We doubt it. And when you think Western, you think of Once Upon a Time in the West. […]
Update: The Congress-dominated ruling United Progresive Alliance has won a convincing victory in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections dealing a severe blow to the BJP’s National Democratic Alliance. The Congress-led UPA has romped home in 262 constituencies compared to the 160 seats the BJP-led NDA took home. ———————– Counting of votes for the recently concluded […]
We’ve said this a gazillion times. The Indian film industry comprises of a bunch of jokers who, when they are not stealing (Ghajini), churn out utter garbage like Chandni Chowk to China or Villu. Look at any serious film festival or award ceremony. Our Bollywood buffoons are nowhere in the picture. If at all India […]
After a while, seeing Tom Hanks’ character Robert Langdon and the policemen constantly running around in a frenzy or jumping into a car and rushing from one corner of Rome to another gets tiresome. Angels & Demons is yet another decent book that fails to make the leap to the big screen without stumbling big […]